Vinyl, 7", Single Columbia Records 4-21534, USA Promotion Rec. Not For Sale Release: July, 1956
A. Sixteen Tons Rock And Roll 2.10 B. My Gal Dottie 2.01
Sixteen ton rock 'n' roll Sixteen ton rock 'n' roll Go cat, dig that coal Sixteen ton rock 'n' roll
I work way down in the mine Where the sun don't ever shine Get my payslip at the door Says, I owe my money to the company store
Well, I've got a woman to will my mind So I gotta keep diggin' that number nine But some of these days when I'm gone She can say, there lies ole muscle and bone
I've got a pick and a shovel in my hand I load number nine like a man If I live to be feeble and old I'll still be diggin' that number nine coal